Improvement in foot-warmers



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Foot Warmer.

No. 35,936. Patented July 22,1862.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEC SOLOMON HUNT, OE DANVILLE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOOT-WARMERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 35,936, dated July 22, 1862.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON HUNT, of Danville, in the county of Hendricks and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Innproved Foot-\Varmer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1. represents a longitudinal vertical section of my invention, taken in the planein- Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same.

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

This invention is an improvement upon the patent granted to me February 25, 1862, and the chief object of the present device is to render the stove more safe for practical use.

In my former patent no provision was made to prevent the alcohol-lamp from becoming highly heated, and I found that there was danger of fire or explosion, owing to the vaporization of the alcohol within the lamp. 7

In the present improvement I have a combastion-chamber which is interposed between the lamp and the radiator, so that the heat of the flame is at all times prevented from reaching the lamp. The said combustion-chamber also serves to equalize or diffuse the heat of the flame, so as to render the stove more effective. Other minor improvements also pertain to the present invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with reference to the drawings; r

The box A, which is made of wood or any other suitable material, is open in front to admit the feet, and it is provided with a handle, a, on the top, so that it can be conveniently carried from place to place. The feet, which are introduced through the aperture in front of the box, are supported by a slotted platform, B, which is inclined so that the feet, on being placed on it, are kept in a natural position.

Below the inclined slotted platform B is the radiator O, which is made of sheet-copper or some other good conductor of heat, and which is also inclined so as to be parallel with the slotted platform B. This radiator is heated by the flame of a lamp, D, which is introduced through an aperture, 6, in the rear of the box,

and a channel, 0, at the upper end of the radiator, together with air-holes cl in the sides of the box, form the channel to carry off the products of combustion. The heat passing up through the channel a is reflected downward upon the feet by the reflector E, which is made in the form of a quarter-cylinder, having its ends extending alongside the top and down the rear of the box to the edges of the apertures in front and rear, as clearly shown in Fig. 1, the shape of said reflector being such that it tends to equally distribute theheat throughout the foot-chamber.

The body of the lamp D is separated from the radiator G by a partition, F, made of sheet metal or any other suitable material, and provided with a suitable aperture, 6, through which the burnerf of the lamp passes. After the burner has been introduced, that part of are secured to the bottom of the box A. Said lamp is intended to burn alcohol, and it can be used without danger of explosion, since its body'is perfectly protected against the heat reflected by the radiator O.

The aperture in front of the box A is covered up by a curtain, k, of woolen cloth or other non-conducting material, which falls over the limbs of the person while the-feet are being warmed, and by the use of which a large amount of heat is saved which otherwise would escape through the aperture in front of the box.

The interior of the foot-chamber is designed to be lined with wooden or other suitable fabric as high up as the top of the opening in front and above it with polished or other nonconducting material, so as to retain the heat as much as possible.

The outside of the case may be covered with anysuitable non-conducting material of either fabric or metal, and it may be stuffed on top and ornamented to form a foot-stool or ottomanfor the parlor. By these 'means a simple, economical, and portable device is obtained for warming the feet of a person in any apartment of a dwelling or while traveling in any Vehicle or car, and it will be of particular value for sick or invalid persons requiring artificial heat for the feet, and for seamstresses, clerks, and others whose sedentary habits produce obstructed circulation of the blood, cold feet, and consequentill-health.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combustion-chamber G, interposed between the lamp and the radiator, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown and described.

i SOLOMON HUNT.

Witnesses:

ELIAS J EssUP, O. F. HOOKER. 

